South Carolina knocks off No. 1 Alabama; Ohio State moves to top spot

South Carolina took down the top-ranked Tide 35-21 in Columbia, the defending national champions' first loss since being beat by Utah in the Sugar Bowl after the 2008 season.

Stephen Garcia threw two of his three touchdown passes to Alshon Jeffery and Marcus Lattimore scored three times sophomore cornerback Stephon Gilmore led the Gamecock defense that held Alabama’s Mark Ingram and Trent Richardson to just 64 yards on 17 carries and no touchdowns. Gilmore had nine tackles, two tackles for loss and two sacks as South Carolina beat a No. 1 team for the first time.

South Carolina shredded the country's top-rated scoring defense, putting up the most points on Alabama since a 41-34 loss to LSU in 2007.